Are capitalism and Christianity incompatible? A debate

Jesus drove money changers out of the Temple, calling them “a den of thieves.” Of the profit-centric world view, Pope Francis warned, “We can no longer trust in the unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market” to provide economic justice. Others call Christianity and capitalism inextricable.

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